Kids Have A Reason To Play Xbox
If you tell your kids they're going to go blind from playing video games too much, you may have to change your argument. Researchers at two prestigious universities now say the games may be good for the eyes.

Two recent studies one at the University of Rochester using normal sighted subjects and another at Vanderbilt University using vision impaired students show that playing video games seems to sharpen eyesight.

The games used in the Vanderbilt study were simple, like a video version of the old shell game. But they demand more visual concentration than functioning in regular life, and the discipline appears to strengthen eyesight in the same manner exercise strengthens muscles.

"It's like weight lifting for the eyes," explains Jeff Nyquist, a doctoral student involved in the Vanderbilt study. "The hope is that this research will help to develop a video game that's a rehabilitative tool."

Nude Recreation Week -- July 8-14.
The American Association For Nude Recreation (AANR) hopes others will enjoy time in their birthday suits. AANR encourages folks to skinny dip, wash the family pet in the nude, scour the shower in the nude, vacuum the house nude, read a book or enjoy some other activity in an appropriate setting in the nude.

Come on...you know you want to join in on the fun!!

How Men Would Build A Better Woman
Men were polled on Mens Health.com to find out what changes they would mandate to make women better. Only 15% said they wouldn't change a thing about women. As for the unbrainwashed 85%, here's what they wanted to change, and fast. Respondents could check more than one answer:

• 41% said her lack of sex drive.
• 34% said her mood swings.
• 21% said her nagging.
• 20% said her insistence on making you guess why she's upset.
• 18% said her emotional manipulation.
• 13% said her easily offended sense of humor.
• 13% said her need to talk about everything.
• 12% said her inability to perform traditional female tasks like bake a cake, clean a bathroom, stay at home with kids.
• 11% said her annoying friends.
• 8% said her fixation on her body and its flaws.
• 7% said her laser like focus on getting married and/or have kids.
• 8% said "other."

As for men, 49% believe it's possible to change a woman. Here's how they plan to do it:

• 49% said praising her when she does something right.
• 11% said telling her when she does something annoying.
• 4% said dumping her if she doesn't shape up.
• 2% said withholding affection.
• 1% said withholding sex.
• 1% said withholding cash.

National Ice Cream Month
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day.

Here's the scoop on how people feel about ice cream, from a Harris poll of nearly 2500 Americans:

• More women then men admit to eating ice cream in bed.
• Men are more likely to eat ice cream straight from the container; both men and women enjoy sharing a single container with a loved one... even a pet.
• One in seven people wait until they're alone to stuff their faces with ice cream.
• 8% take out the chunky bits of candy and nuts before they eat ice cream.
• 29% admit to taking one extra serving of ice cream when no one's looking.
• 13% of women aged 18 to 34 keep a "secret stash" of ice cream.
• 3% enjoy eating ice cream in the bathtub.
• 10% said they eat bowls of ice cream for breakfast.
• 26% substitute ice cream for an actual meal.

Weather Kid
Today's Weather Kid from Epworth Preschool & Daycare was Brandon. I have to tell you, he sounds a lot older than a second grader.

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Thought of the Day
Why doesn't the glue stick to the inside of the bottle?